Danegeld

(-geld′)

noun

an Anglo-Saxon tax supposedly first levied to support forces resisting the Danes invading England and later continued as a land tax

Origin: ME < ON *Danagiald < Dana, gen. pl. of Danr, Dane + gjald, payment, penalty, akin to OE gieldan: see yield

See Danegeld in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A tax levied in England from the 10th to the 12th century to finance protection against Danish invasion.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: : Dane

Origin: , genitive pl. of Dan, Dane; see Dane

Origin: + geld, tribute (from Old English geld, gield, payment)

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